Abenaki

The Abenaki nation originated in what is now northern New England and the southern Canadian Maritimes.

History
Although the various Abenaki would join together during crisis events, for the most part they had no central authority. That was partly what caused the encroachment of British Colonists on their land. The British liked to have formal governments they could negotiate treaties with, so from the Colonists' perspective, no central government meant that the Abenaki had no claim on the land.

While the Abenaki tried to remain neutral during the French and Indian War, they were quite literally caught between the warring British and French colonies, so some conflict was inevitable. For the most part, they sided with the French, who were less responsible for driving them out of their homeland, the lesser of two evils.